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(No Model.)

A. BRENNEGKE.

TOY. No. 589,410.' Patented Sept. 7,1897.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Application filed April 12, l 8 9 7- To all whom zit may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED BEENNECKE,l a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Springfield, in the county of Hampden, State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements'in Toys, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The object of my invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive toy wherein various figures may be supported, and by manipulationof a simple mechanism caused to move as if in dancing.

My invention consists in the arrangement -of a rotary foot-piece mounted in a suitable stand, which rotary foot-piece engages a part of the toy and causes the toy to move.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure l is a front view of my improved device. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the figure vwhen the figure is constructed of cardboard or other thin material; and Fig. ois a side view of the device, the figure being shown constructed of material other than a sheet of cardboard.

In detail, a indicates the base of the supporting-stand; b, a vertical support secured thereto; o, a projecting piece; d, a wheel-spindle; e, a lug on the base; f, a figure-supporting rod; g, a boss on the figure; h, a figurebody; i, the limbs; Z, a wheel, and m projections thereon.

In the construction of my device a suit` able base, as a, is provided, and by preference a lug or piece c is formed in the center of the base and is provided with a pivotopening, preferably cone-shaped, for the reception of the end of the pivot or rod d. The vertical piece o is secured to the base in any convenient manner, andprojecting from it laterally is a piece c, provided at its end with an opening to receive the upper end of the pivot or rod d. A suitable wheel e is mounted upon this pivot, which wheel is provided with a series of projections on its perimetrical upper edge, as m. The ligure is supported from the back by a supporting-rod f, projecting Letters Patent No. 589,410, dated September 7, 1897.

Serial No, 631,772. (No model.)

from the vertical support b, and the figure is usually provided with a lug g, into which the supporting-rod f projects. The limbs t' are pivotally mounted upon the body, figure is arranged at a height above the wheel and the to just allow the feet to touch the projecv tions. When therefore the wheel is revolved, the limbs are caused to move as the lower portions are brought in contact with the projections, and when the tigureis adjusted at the proper height and the Wheel revolved the figure is caused to move, giving it the appearance of dancing, the appearance and rapidity of the motion of the limbs being varied by the difference in rapidity of revolution of the wheel.

I prefer that the supporting-rod f be somewhat elastic, so as to give to the body of the ligure a -somewhat elastic movement. It will be seen that figures of various kinds may be mounted upon the supporting-rod, so that the u toy will not atall times present the same appearance.

The wheel may be revolved by the fingers or by a string wound about the spindle, and when drawn taut the wheel is caused to revolve with great rapidity and may be given such an impulse as to cause it to revolve a considerable length of time.

I-Iaving therefore described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The toy herein described, comprising a suitable base-piece, a vertical standard secured to the base-piece, a supporting-rod projecting from the standard over the base, a figure secured to the end of the said rod to stand suspended over the wheel and base, pivotallysupported legs on the figure, a suitably journaled and supported vertical shaft on the base, and a wheel mounted on the upper end of vthe vertical shaft, said wheelbeing formed with a rim having projections on its perimetrical upper edge and arranged to contact with the feet of the figure when rotated.

ALFRED BRENNEOKE.

Vitnesses ALLEN WEBSTER, GEORGE R. WENTwoR'rH. 

